Senior Platform Engineer
Whippany, NJ

As a Barclays Senior Platform Engineer, you will build and maintain the Advanced Analytics Platform that combines several tools and technologies which streamlines the model development lifecycle. You will be responsible for streamlining software development, deployment and delivery process enabling self-service platforms for modelling effort. This is an opportunity to build and deliver the Enterprise Data Platforms Advanced Analytics capabilities across a number of hosting platforms such as AWS, Kubernetes, OpenShift and on-premise servers.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, established in 1690, with a legacy of success, quality, and innovation. We've helped millions of individuals and businesses thrive, creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted. An important and growing presence in the USA, we offer careers providing endless opportunity.

At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

What will you be doing?

• Working in a fast-paced environment with Quants, technology and architects designing new platform capabilities,, ensuring deliverables comply to Barclays standards & policies
• Having ownership of data platforms, defects and responsibility to lead engineers and developers, review code and contribute towards software development life cycle
• Leading service improvement across Analytics platform by identifying existing design flaws and guiding engineering team in remediation and improvements
• Inspiring confidence by making and honouring commitments, demonstrates initiative and competence
• Ensuring deliverables comply to Barclays standards and policies (for Security, Data privacy, Accessibility)
• Developing and prototyping of highly available distributed systems, web application development and framework extensions
• Being responsible for suggesting new ways forward and coming up with new feature ideas

What we’re looking for:

• Experience in data platform engineering, preferably in financial sector
• Solid understanding of complex enterprise organisational infrastructure and architecture environments
• Understanding of AWS CloudFormation, Kubernetes, Infrastructure automation skills (Chef)
• Experience with Core programming languages: Java / Scala or Python

Skills that will help you in the role:

• AWS Architecture or Engineering certification
• Experience with containerization and databricks
• Exposure to Hadoop Core Concepts

Where will you be working?

Our next-generation workplace in Whippany allows talented, passionate, down-to-earth colleagues to connect daily. With state-of-the-art work facilities and many added features like pool tables, cafés and a gym – it’s a place you can call home. Our office is minutes away from Morristown, known for its rich history and lively modern spirit. With bustling Manhattan easily accessible and a picturesque landscape here on the doorstep, Whippany really does offer the best of both worlds.

We’re a global, vital and highly respected financial organisation with an inspiring Purpose. Operating in 50 countries and employing around 83,000 people across the world, we help communities, individuals and businesses thrive. And we’ve created financial solutions and technology that the world now takes for granted. A career with us can offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience, and the chance to learn from some of the best minds in technology and finance.